Building minimum viable documentation
Key Strategies
- Create a template to use across all component groups
- Demonstrate “real life” examples/applications wherever possible
- Don’t forget about specs
- Layout, Spacing, Sizing, and Red-Lining
- Do’s and Do Not’s are crucial
- Document for responsive design
Documentation Pro-Tips
- D.R.Y (“Don’t Repeat Yourself”)
- Most General > Most Specific
- Use Visuals
- Do not promote designs into the system until they have documentation in place
- Remember, design documentation is valuable for developer’s too
